Twelve lovely images: black-capped chickadee, blue jay, house finch, Carolina wren, northern cardinal, red-winged blackbird, 6 other species.

The great American wildlife artist Audubon created images of North American birds that have seldom been surpassed in beauty and aesthetic quality. Here are 12 of these superb illustrations — Carolina wren, mangrove cuckoo, northern oriole, brown creeper, 8 more — each printed in full color on one side of a sturdy bookmark.

Different species of common trees decorate the bookmarks in this accurately detailed, educational collection. Depicted, among others, are the quaking aspen, sugar maple, Douglas fir, weeping willow, sweet gum, and black walnut. Each marker includes a full-length illustration of the tree and close-up view of its leaves and seed pods.

Each bookmark features one of Dickinson's best-loved short poems and an exquisite watercolor illustration on the reverse side. Each bookmark is 2" x 53/4." Twelve poems in all, including "I'm nobody! Who are you?"; "This is my letter to the world. ..."; "I never saw a moor, I never saw the sea ...," 9 more.

"Nature is full of genius, full of divinity; so that not a snowflake escapes its fashioning hand." Pithy, pleasing and sometimes profound sentiments by Thoreau are beautifully enhanced by the lovely watercolor illustrations on these bookmarks. A dozen 2" x 5¾" bookmarks on 6 plates; quotations printed on backs.

I could dream in poetry, could summon words for spiritual experience, could name God in twelve ways and in ten times and places in history. Award-winning writer Karen Salyer McElmurray details her life's journey across continents and decades in a poetic collection that is equal parts essay-as-memoir, memoir-as-Künstlerroman, and travelogue-as-meditation. It is about the deserts of India. A hospital ward in Maryland. The blue seas of Greece. A greenhouse in Virginia. It is about the spirit houses of Thailand. The mountains of eastern Kentucky. The depths of the Grand Canyon. A creative writing classroom in Georgia. An attic in a generations-old house. It is about coming to terms with both memory and the power of writing itself. At turns lyrical, poignant, and alluring, McElmurray probes her personal history from the stance of different places, perspectives, and vulnerabilities as she tenderly and fiercely searches for acceptance and a place to call home.